Cabinet.



G. M. HUTGHINSON.

CABINET.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIor- CHARLES M. HUTCHINSON. 0F GIRARD,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ERIE CITY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ERIE,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Nov. 16. 1909.

H Application filed November 9, 1908. Serial No. 461,693.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. HUTCHIN- sort, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Girard, in the county of Erie and State ofPennsylvania,.have invented certain new and useful. Improvements inCabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the iiiveiition, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to-make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked, thereon, forming part of this specification.

-My invention relates to cabinets, and has for, its objects theimprovements in the construction thereof hereinafter set forth andexplained, and illustrated in the accompanyin drawings in which:

igure 1 is a front viewin elevation of my improved cabinet with the dooropen. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged viewin elevation of one of the shelf brackets thereof and its supports. Fig.4 is a section thereof on the line .r.2.' in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is anenlarged viewin elevation of a portion of the cabinet showing the doorsecuring mechanism. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the same on the line*e i in Fig. As shown in these drawings I preferably make my improvedcabinet of a top A and bottom 13 of wood, or other suitable material,secured together at their corners by means of posts D, and the back andends of the cabinet I preferably make of glass plates C. To one of thefront osts D, I hinge a door frame E having pre erably a glass panel C"therein. This door E closes against a strip of resilient packing esecured n the bottom of the groove, into which the door-frame E closes,and is ada ted to be compressed by the closin of the (lbor. To securethe free edge of tie door in place when closed, I

provide a catch F on the corner ost D of the cabinet, which catch 15provi ed on its inner face with a seat f to retain the door latch G, andfrom this seat'f-the inner face of the catch F slopes outward, so thatwhen the latch G engages the catch F and is moved toward the centralseat f therein, it operates to draw the free edge of the door frameinward'against the packing c, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 5 and 6, andthereby rendeis the door closure substantially airtight.

The shelf supporting brackets H of this cabinet are preferably made ofsheet metal folded into the shape substantially as shown in Figs. 1, 3and 4. 'In one end of the rear fold of. the bracket H, I make ahorizontal slot 7:, and in the opposite end thereof I make a verticalslot h, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4C. In the inner faces of theposts D of the cabinet I secure headed studs I, at suit able intervals,which areadapted to be engaged by the slots 11 and /1 in the bracketsII, so as to reniovably support the brackets ll and ,permit of theirvertical location at sired to place the shelves J in the. cabinet. Thisfcaturebf removable and adjustable .brackets ll. enables their removalat an y time. so as to leave the inside of the cabito clean the same. 07

Having thus described my invention so as to enable others to construct,and use the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters-Patent is:

ends thereof and a perpendicu' ar protecting other, substantially as andfor the. purpose set forth.

in presence of two witnesses. CHARLES M. HUTCHINSON.

Witnesses:

, H. M. Srnaeson,

Fliomincs S'rocm'r.

such points on the posts D as it may be de-,

net clear of obstructions when it is desired 19A shelf bracket of sheetmetal, consistfold in front of said rear perpendicular snrface, saidparts'being integral with each' In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature,

